Former Louisiana Tech University Willie Roaf will be the third former Bulldogs’ star to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. He was an 11-time Pro Bowl performer while splitting his 13-year NFL career between the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs.

Imagine Willie Roaf being inducted this weekend in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame instead of that famous shrine in Canton, Ohio.

Well, don’t chuckle.

It just might have happened had the former Louisiana Tech University star kept playing hoops instead of putting on a football uniform.

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